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Viola Group
Shlomo Dovrat and Avi Zeevi built Viola Group into Israel's largest tech investment platform, spanning venture to public markets across over $5 billion.
Viola Group
Viola Group is an investment group founded in 2000 in Herzliya Pituach, Israel. It manages a portfolio of venture capital, growth capital, and alternative credit assets. The company provides investment services to technology companies, including FinTech firms and those focused on technological advancements.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
2000
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
Israel
City
Herzliya
Corporate office
Herzliya, Israel
Principals
Shlomo Dovrat
Co-Founder & General Partner
Avi Zeevi
Co-Founder & General Partner
Harel Beit-On
General Partner
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
How are investment decisions made at Viola Group?
Each Viola fund — Ventures, Growth, Credit, and Private Equity — operates with its own investment committee and dedicated partners. Shlomo Dovrat and Avi Zeevi maintain oversight as co-founders, but day-to-day approval authority rests with each fund's general partners. The funds share a common back office and LP relations infrastructure but make independent decisions tailored to their stage mandates.
How does Viola Group source its deal flow?
Viola's sourcing advantage derives from two decades of continuous investment across Israeli technology. The platform's four funds — covering venture, growth, credit, and buyouts — create a proprietary funnel where early-stage Viola Ventures companies can become later-stage targets for Viola Growth or Viola Credit. Alumni networks from companies like ironSource and Payoneer further extend origination reach.
Is Viola Group a single family office or an asset manager?
Viola Group is an institutional asset manager, not a family office. It manages capital on behalf of global limited partners, including pension funds, endowments, and sovereign wealth funds. The firm maintains an independent governance structure, with no single-family capital controlling investment decisions or vehicle structures.
Does Viola Group invest outside of Israel?
While the overwhelming majority of Viola's portfolio companies are headquartered in Israel or founded by Israeli entrepreneurs, certain portfolio companies operate globally with secondary offices in the United States and Europe. Viola Growth and Viola Private Equity have occasionally participated in deals with cross-border components, but the investment thesis remains Israel-centric.
What is Viola Credit's role within the platform?
Viola Credit provides venture debt and structured credit to growth-stage technology companies, many of which are backed by leading venture capital firms. It functions as a direct lending arm that complements the equity strategies of Viola Ventures and Viola Growth, often lending to companies that the equity funds already know through shared deal-flow intelligence.
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